Shloka 16
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
इत्याह मां दक्षसुता सती सत्यपरायणाः ।
स्वरोचिस्त्वं ध्रुवं देवी नान्यथा सा वदिष्यति ॥
ity āha māṃ dakṣasutā satī satyaparāyaṇā / svarocis tvaṃ dhruvaṃ devī nānyathā sā vadiṣyati
یوں سچ کی پرستار دکش کی بیٹی ستی نے مجھ سے کہا— ‘اے دیوی، تو یقیناً سواروچِشی ہے؛ وہ اس کے خلاف نہیں کہے گی۔’
FAQs
Truthfulness is treated as a mark of spiritual authority: Satī’s ‘would not speak otherwise’ establishes that reliable speech (satya) grounds correct recognition and right action.
Manvantara: the verse explicitly names Svārociṣ, tying the episode to a defined cosmic administration/time-cycle.
Recognition of divine identity functions like ‘naming the power’: to name (Svārociṣ) is to stabilize the manifestation within a cosmic order, making the vidyā’s operation legitimate and effective.